Bmw R75 5
Claimed horsepower was 50 02 hp 37 3 kw 6200 rpm.
Bmw r75 5. The bmw r75 5 was the top of the line member of the 5 family with the smaller engined 50 5 and 60 5 sitting below it in the pecking order. To get things started here s a review of the machine that i ve always recommended as the best candidate for someone wanting to get into vintage motorcycles. Classic 1971 bmw r75 5i m selling a very nice r75 5 airhead large gas tank model. It runs good and has had a lot of work don more over 4 weeks ago on american listed 6 500 1972 bmw r75 5 swb.
Until you want to slow down that is although the early 5 drum brakes are generally regarded as perfectly adequate the brakes on our test bike particularly the front had poor feel and were slow to grab. Introduced in 1969 the 745cc r75 5 was the biggest motorcycle in bmw s new line of 5 models that also included the 498cc r50 5 and 599cc r60 5. Better yet the new alternator put out a whopping 180 watts a 50 percent higher output than most other bikes then on the market although purists were a bit uncertain about the. Max torque was 44 26 ft lbs 60 0 nm 5000 rpm.
Often considered more evolutionary than revolutionary the new 5s were in fact a bit of both. The bmw r 75 5 was a air cooled four stroke boxer twin cylinder 2 valves per cylinder classic motorcycle produced by bmw in 1969. 1970 bmw r75 5 vin 2976477 m026099 purchased 10 2008 current mileage 47764 in storage in a heated garage since 2010. Frame up restoration pa.
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Private seller montrose co 1 629 mi. The r75 5 could reach 110 mph 177 km h. This exceptional bike sent in by shawn is based on a 1971 bmw r75 5 short wheel base that took around 10 months to complete.